ISBN-10: 0691147744

ISBN-13: 9780691147741

Edition: 2011

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A full-time church minister, Richard has authored several books with Collins. Most recently he wrote the God's little book of... collectionAs a Samaritan Volunteer, Richard particularly enjoys focusing on the ministry of encouragement and reconciliation, reaching out to those in need. Richard has led a number of tours to the Holy Land and Egypt and naturally enjoys travelling. He also served as a Chaplain in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Many Faces of Modernization

The Scandinavian Solution

Three Phases

National Characteristics

Overview of the Book

Dreaming the Land of the Future

Norsk Hydro

Science and Modernization

Industrialization, a Natural Process for Sweden

Norway Follows Hesitantly

Emigration and Industrialization

The Norrland Debate

The Norwegian Concession Laws

Electricity, the Basis for Technological Modernization

War and Structural Problems

Thrust for Socialization

Consolidation of Two Different Structures

Rationalization

Technocracy

Dreaming the Land of die Future

National Integration and Democracy

The Question of Political Democracy in the Period around 1905

Mobilizing the Public

Training for Democracy

Toward an Integrated School System in Norway

Contrasting the Two Countries

Karl Staaff and the Question of Suffrage in Sweden

Arvid Lindman and the Question of Universal Suffrage

The Difficult Road to Parliamentarianism

Gunnar Knudsen and State Capitalism

Currents of Antiparliamentarianism

The Farmers and Modernization

Farmers on the Offensive: Norway

Farmers on the Offensive: Sweden

Crisis Settlement in Both Countries

Women and Civil and Political Rights

The Integration of Minorities: The Sami

The Integration of Minorities: Refugees from Germany

National Integration and Democracy

Assistance for Self-Help

The Conceptual Basis for Social Policy

A Great Preventive Project

Health Insurance

National Pension Plans

Unemployment Insurance

Population Crisis?

The Politics of Sterilization

Assistance for Self-Help

Revolution or Reform

The Last Great Popular Movement

Working-Class Culture

Marxist Rhetoric and Reformist Practice

An Indistinct Policy

From One's Own Home to the People's Home: The Labor Movement and the Land Question

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